“I had to go visit the Down Syndrome woman who was the victim of the
rape and tell her that even though a jury had convicted her assailant of
the crime, the judge was giving the guy a new trial,” said Ballard.
“Her parents were, as you can image, outraged. … I just hope we can get
some justice.”

In his ruling, McFadden said the woman with Down's Syndrome did not "behave like a victim" and that Dumas didn't behave like someone who had just perpetuated violent crime.

"It requires more than that bald argument to satisfy this court that it
should ignore the fact that, until the outcry, neither of them showed
any fear, guilt or inclination to retreat to a place of safety," he wrote.

Dumas' semen was found on the woman's bed and a physician said that she physically had evidence of rape.